Peritoneal Infarcts In The Left Pericolic Gutter

The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon.

Peritoneal infarcts in the left pericolic gutter.

Key signs of peritoneal carcinomatosis. The left medial paracolic gutter. The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side. The term refers mainly to four spaces in the abdominal cavity.

Peritoneal carcinomatosis is the. The two paracolic gutters and the two paramesenteric gutters there are other smaller recesses including those around the duodenojejunal flexure cecum and the sigmoid colon. A less obvious medial paracolic gutter may be formed especially on the right side if the colon. The right paracolic gutter is a component of the right inframesocolic space continuous superiorly with the right subhepatic and right subphrenic spaces it is larger than the left paracolic gutter which is partially separated from the left subphrenic spaces by the phrenicocolic ligament.

There are two paracolic gutters in a human body. Both paracolic spaces are in continuity with the pelvic peritoneal spaces. The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon. The left lateral paracolic gutter.

The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side. Using peristaltic motion the carcinomatosis follows the peritoneal circulation and implants along the paracolic gutter passing back up into the undersurface of the diaphragm becoming implanted in morison s pouch the omental bursa and along the left paracolic gutter. The right and left paracolic gutters both lies on the lateral side of posterior abdominal wall alongside the ascending and descending colon are the peritoneal recesses. Peritoneal recesses or peritoneal gutters are the spaces formed by peritoneum draping over viscera.

The right lateral paracolic gutter.